OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Systematic Reviews is 36. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Reporting quality evaluation of the stroke clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review	471
Patients’ experiences of mechanical ventilation in intensive care units in low- and lower-middle-income countries: protocol of a systematic review	147
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the safety of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine from randomized controlled trials on malarial and non-malarial conditions	144
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of mental illness among nursing home residents	136
Correction: Do reporting guidelines have an impact? Empirical assessment of changes in reporting before and after the PRISMA extension statement for network meta-analysis	130
Publication bias in prevalence studies should not be ignored	118
Job crafting interventions: what works, for whom, why, and in which contexts? Research protocol for a systematic review with coincidence analysis	114
Characteristics of interventions that address racism in the United States and opportunities to integrate equity principles: a scoping review	105
Effects of Reiki therapy on quality of life: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	89
Is artificial intelligence for medical professionals serving the patients?	78
Lack of systematicity in research prioritisation processes — a scoping review of evidence syntheses	74
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for vascular surgery: an evidence map and scoping review	73
Breathing exercises for patients with early-stage lung cancer: a meta-analysis	73
Diagnostic accuracy of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	71
Lapatinib and lapatinib plus trastuzumab therapy versus trastuzumab therapy for HER2 positive breast cancer patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	68
Addressing the challenges of reconstructing systematic reviews datasets: a case study and a noisy label filter procedure	66
Screening for hypertension in adults: protocol for evidence reviews to inform a Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline update	65
Increasing the transparency of systematic reviews: presenting a generalized registration form	57
Barriers and facilitators to access mental health services among refugee women in high-income countries: a systematic review	56
Graduate and postgraduate educational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic period: its impact and innovations—a scoping review	56
Association between frailty and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing craniotomy—systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	56
Acupuncture methods for insomnia disorder in the elderly: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis	55
Ten circumstances and solutions for finding the sample mean and standard deviation for meta-analysis	52
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture with moxibustion for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	51
Where to prospectively register a systematic review	50

Mind–body therapies and their interplay with the immune system in children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Off-label use of sodium cantharidinate and vitamin B6 injection in cancer: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Interventions to improve referrals from primary care to outpatient specialist services for chronic conditions: a systematic review and framework synthesis update	47
Dissemination of knowledge from Cochrane Public Health reviews: a bibliographic study	46
The development and education of a workforce in childhood cancer services in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol	44
Witnessing workplace bullying — protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual health and well-being outcomes	42
Residual insecticide surface treatment for preventing malaria: a systematic review protocol	40
Four kinds of traditional Chinese exercise therapy in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	39
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for motor function in stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies	39
Title and abstract screening for literature reviews using large language models: an exploratory study in the biomedical domain	36
The association of vasoactive-inotropic score and surgical patients’ outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Traditional and machine learning models for predicting haemorrhagic transformation in ischaemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36